Diamond Thermal Neutron Detector

热中子是核电站发电的副产品，也是自然产生和人工产生的放射源产生的副产品。它们被用于工业和医学，作为一种手段来探测材料，并启动受控核反应，在硼中子俘获疗法的情况下，可以有效地治疗癌症。中子在广泛的科学应用中被使用和出现。能够准确和有效地测量中子的存在使我们能够以有益的方式使用热中子，并努力将设施中产生的辐射降至最低。氦3是最有可能与热中子相互作用的元素，但它很昂贵，而且这种材料的供应有限。核工业、安全、科学和医学研究需要替代氦-3的中子探测器。这项提议寻求通过将伦敦玛丽女王大学一个跨学科研究团队的能力与英国美光半导体有限公司的能力相结合，来制造一种新型的非氦-3热中子探测器。

Thermal neutrons are by-products of generating energy in nuclear power stations and from naturally occurring and artificially created radioactive sources. They are used in industry and medicine as a means to probe materials, and to initiate controlled nuclear reactions that in the case of Boron Neutron Capture therapy can treat cancer effectively. Neutrons are used and occur in a wide range of scientific applications. Being able to accurately and efficiently measure the presence of neutrons allows us to use thermal neutrons in a beneficial way, and to work to minimise radiation created in facilities. Helium 3 is the element that has the highest probability of interaction with thermal neutrons, but it is expensive and supplies of this material are limited. Alternatives to Helium-3 based neutron detectors are required for the nuclear industry, security, scientific and medical research. This proposal seeks to make a new type of non-Helium-3 thermal neutron detector by merging the capabilities of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Queen Mary University of London with that of the UK company Micron Semiconductor Ltd.